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ConstihUion mid Eligibility Lists 

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THE NATIONAL SOCIETY 

OF THE 

COLONIAL DAMES 
OF AMERICA. 



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ConstihUion and Eligibility'^ Lists 

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THE NATIONAL SOCIETY 

OF THE 

COLONIAL DAMES 
OF AMERICA. 






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COPYRIGHT, 

BY 

MRS. JUSTINE V. R. TOWNSEND, 

NATIONAL PRESIDENT 

OF 

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA. 



NATIONAL OFFICERS, 



President. 

MRS. HOWARD TOWNSEND, 

New York. 

First l^ice-President. 

MRS. E. D. GILLESPIE, 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Second Vice-President. 

Mrs. W. W. GORDON, 

Savannah, Ga. 

Honorary Vice-Presidents. 

Mrs. BEVERLY KENNON, 

Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. henry G. BANNING, 
Wihnington, Dei. 

Treasurer. 
MISS ELIZABETH BYRD NICHOLAS, 
818 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C. 

Secretarv. 
MRS. WILLIAM REED, 
825 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 

Assistant Secretary. 

MRS. J. J. JACKSON, 

940 Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md. 

Registrar. 

Mrs. EMIL RICHTER, 

84 State Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 



THE CONSTITUTION 

OF THE 

National Society 

OF 

Colonial Dames of America 

As Amended by the Council of 1896. 



Preamble. 

Whereas, History shows that the remembrance of a nation's 
glory in the past stimulates, to national greatness in the future, 
and that successive generations are awakened to truer patri- 
otism, and roused to nobler endeavor by the contemplation 
of the heroic deeds of their forefathers ; therefore the Society 
of Colonial Dames of America has been formed, that the de- 
scendants of those men who in the Colonial period by their 
rectitude, courage and self-denial, prepared the way for suc- 
cess in that struggle which gained for the country its liberty 
and constitution, may associate themselves together to do 
honor to the virtues of their forefathers, and to encourage in all 
who come under their influence, true patriotism, built on a 
knowledge of the self-sacrifice and heroism of those men of 
the colonies, who laid the foundations of this great nation. 



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ARTICLE I. 

"This Society shall be known by the name, style, and title 
of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 
and shall be composed of State Societies, of which there shall 
be one in each of the thirteen original states and one in the 
District of Columbia." 

ARTICLE II. 

The objects of this society shall be to collect and preserve 
manuscripts, traditions, relics and mementoes of by-gone 
days. To preserve and restore buildings connected with the 
early history of our country, to diffuse healthful and intelli- 
gent information concerning the past, to create a popular in- 
terest in our Colonial history, to stimulate a spirit of true pa- 
triotism and a genuine love of country, and to impress upon 
the young the sacred obligation of honoring the memory of 
those heroic ancestors whose ability, valor, sufferings and 
achievements are beyond all praise. 

ARTICLE III. 

The State Societies shall be composed entirely of women 
who are descended in their own right from some ancestor of 
worthy life who came to reside in an American colony prior 
to 1750, which ancestor, or some one of his descendents, 
being a lineal ascendent of the applicant, shall have rendered 
efficient service to his country during the Colonial period, 
either in the founding of a commonwealth, or of an institu- 
tion which has survived and developed into importance, or 



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who shall have held an important position in a Colonial gov- 
ernment, or who, by distinguished services, shall have con- 
tributed to the founding of this great and powerful nation. 
All services which constitute a claim to membership must 
have been rendered before July 5th, 1776, but this date shall 
be held to include all the signers of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence. 

ARTICLE IV. 

"The regular meeting of the National Society of the Colo- 
nial Dames of Ameaica shall be held every two years in 
Washington, D. C. Special meetings may be held upon the 
order of the National President or upon a request of a ma- 
jority of the State Societies. Such meetings shall consist of 
tne National officers aud a representation not exceeding five 
deputities from each State Society. The necessary expense 
of such meeting shall be borne by the Narional Society and 
it shall be empowered at its regular meeting to assess each 
State Society in order to provide requite funds. At the regu- 
lar meeting of the National Society a President., two Vice- 
Presidents, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Registrar and 
Treasurer shall be elected by ballot, a majority of the states 
present being necessary to a choice. All officers to serve 
until the next regular meeting or until their successors shall 
be chosen. 

"The National Society shall have power at any meeting to 
admit a State Society thereto from the thirteen original states 
and from the District of Columbia. A majority of the states 
admitted forming a quorum." 



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ARTICLE V. 

"The State Societies of the Colonial Dames of America 
shall meet annually on the day appointed by their several 
by-laws, and oftener if found expedient. 

"Their affairs shall be conducted by a Board, consisting of 
a President, two Vice-Presidents and twelve or more Mana- 
gers, Who shall be elected by ballot by the members of the 
said State Societies. 

"The Presidents and Vice-Presidents shall be chosen annu- 
ally. The Managers shall serve for three years, and the term 
of one-third shall expire annually. The Board shall fill its 
own vacancies, the member chosen, to serve until the next 
annual election. At the first meeting of the Board after the 
annual election, they shall organize by choosing from their 
own members, two Secretaries, a Treasurer, a Registrar, and 
an Historian. All officers shall continue to hold office until 
their successors are elected. 

"The members of the State Societies of the Colonial 
Dames of America at the date of the certificate of the incor- 
poration of the State Society, shall be elected members of the 
corporation at the first meeting of the said Society, subse- 
quent to the incorporation, and thereafter no person shall be 
a candidate for admission unless invited and proposed by 
one member and seconded by another member of the Society, 
to both of whom the candidate must be well known, and by 
whom she shall be recommended. 

"The President shall, from time to time, appoint from the 
Board of Managers, three persons who shall examine the 



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claims of each candiate, and report in writing to the Presi- 
dent. When such reports are unanimously favorable, the 
name of the candidate shall be presented at any meeting of 
the Board of Managers next after the report of such nomina- 
tion shall have been received by the President. The name 
of each candidate shall be voted upon separately, and, if any 
member of the Board of Managers so demands, by ballot. 
Two negative votes shall act as a rejection of the candidate. 

"Each member shall contribute, upon her admission to the 
Society, and annually thereafter, such sums as the by-laws 
of the respective State Societies may require ; but any State 
Society may provide for the endowment of life memberships, 
by the payment of a proper sum. 

"The State Societies shall regulate all matters respecting 
their own affairs, consistent with the general good of the 
Society; judge of the qualifications of their members, or of 
those proposed for membership, subject, however, to the 
provisions of this constitution ; and shall have the power to 
expel any member who, by conduct unbecoming a gentle- 
woman, may render herself unworthy to continue in mem- 
bership. 

"The Registrar of each State Society shall transmit to the 
National Registrar a list of the members thereof, and from 
time to time, as the same shall be printed, the names and 
official designations of those from whom such members de- 
rive their claim to membership, and thereafter upon the ad- 
mission of each State Society, the Registrar thereof shall 



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transmit to the National Registrar information respecting 
such members similar to that herein required. 

"Each State Society shall cause to be transmitted annually 
to the other State Societies, a circular letter calling attention 
to whatever may be thought worthy of observation concern- 
ing the welfare of the Society, and giving information of the 
officers chosen for the year ; and copies of these letters shall 
also be transmitted to the National Secretary, to be preserved 
among the records of the Society. 

"Each State Society shall adopt its own seal. 

"Each member when admitted to the privileges of her 
State Society, is entitled to receive a certificate of member- 
ship, signed by the State President and State Secretary, and 
bearing the seal of the State Society. 

''The form shall be: 

•' has been duly elected a member 

of the Society of the Colonial Dames of 

America, in right of her ancestor 

In testimony whereof, the names of the 

President and Secretary and the seal of the 

Society are hereunto affixed." 

ARTICLE VI. 

"The custodian of the insignia shall be the National Regis- 
trar, who shall issue the badge to members of any State 
Society, upon an order from the Registrar of that state ; and 
she shall keep a register of such issues, wherein each badge 
issued may be identified by the number thereof, and each 
State Society shall have its own numbers. 



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"The badge shall consist of a round disc with a centre 
of light blue enamel, and the figure of a Colonial Dame in 
gold, modeled in relief on the same. Around the centre of 
blue enamel shall be a circle of white enamel, with the title 
of the Society, 'Colonial Dames of America,' in gold letters, 
flush. Surmounting this shall be the modeled figure of an 
eagle, in gold, and diverging from the disc twenty rays in 
gold, arranged in four groups of five each, the three centre 
rays in each group, to be surmounted by stars of blue en- 
amel, these, with a similar star placed immediately below the 
central disc, being emblamatic of the thirteen original states, 

"On the reverse side of the badge shall be the motto, 
'Virtutes Majorum Fillias Conservant.' The materials of the 
badge shall be 14-karatgold and enamel, and it shall be worn 
suspended by a silk ribbon of blue and yellow from a gold 
bar on which is the name of the state. 

"This ribbon shall be one and one-half inches wide, the 
central section of blue being one inch, with a section one- 
quarter of an inch wide on each side. 

"The badge shall be worn by the members on all occasions 
when they assemble officially for any stated purpose or cele- 
bration and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony. It 
shall be carried conspicuously on the left breast, but mem- 
bers who are or have been national officers, may wear it sus- 
pended from the ribbon around the neck. 

"The seal of the National Society shall be: Within a 
beaded annulet a title scroll bearing the inscription. Society 
of the Colonial Dames of America. 



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"Within the scroll a shield, surmounted of the crown, 
quarterly of four — 

"I. Quarterly, one and four azure, three fleurs de lis or. 
Two and three gules, three lions passant, guardant in pale, 
or, for England. 

"II. Azure, three fleurs de lis or, for France. 

"111. Azure billettee, a lion rampant, holding in his dexter 
paw a naked sword, and in his sinister paw a sheaf of arrows 
or, for Holland. 

•'IV. One and four (Sweden modern) azure, three open 
crowns, or, two and three (Sweden ancient) azure, three 
bendlets sinister, wavy, argent, over all a lion rampant, or, 
crowned gules for Sweden. 

"This seal to be used on the certificate, for further authen- 
tication, and with it the signatures of the National President 
and National Secretary.'' 

ARTICLE VII. 

This constitution shal Inot be altered, added to or amended, 
save by the vote of thirteen out of the fourteen Societies now 
forming the National Society, of the Colonial Dames of 
America. Due notice of one year of any proposed change, 
alteration or amendment, having been given to each of the 
fourteen Societies before the meeting of the council, at which 
action is to be taken on said change, alteration or amend- 
ment. 

April, 1896. 



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Corresponding Secretaries 

— OF — 

Tlie Colonial States Societies. 



Correspoding Secretaty of Pennsylvania. 
Miss Louise C. Rodney 405 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia. 

Corresponding Secretary of Maryland^ 
Mrs. Daniel Giraud Wright, .... 142 W. Lanvale Street, Baltimore. 

Corresponding Secretary of New Jersey. 
Miss Caroline E. Nixon, 224 W. State Street, Trenton. 

Corresponding Secretary of Delaware. 
Miss Sophie B. Rodney, New Castle. 

Corresponding Secretary of District of Columbia. 
Mrs. Rosa Wright Smith, 1203 N Street, N. W., Washington. 

Corresponding Secretary of Virginia. 
Mrs. Lucy Carter Trent, 205 E. Main Street, Richmond. 

Corresponding Secretary of Rhode Island. 
Mrs. Jonathan Russell Bullock Bristol, R. I. 

Corresponding Secretary of Massachusetts. 
Mrs. George Baty Blake, 37 Beacon Street, Boston. 



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Corresponding Secretary of hiew York. 
Miss Katherine E. Turnbull 113 E. 39th Street, New York City. 

Corresponding Secretary of South Carolina. 
MRS. Ernest H. Pringle, 92 Tradd Street, Charleston. 

Corresponking Secretary of Connecticut. 
Mrs. Charles Frederick Johnson, 69 Vernon Street, Hartford. 

Corresponding Secretary of Georgia. 
Miss Anne Vane Jones, 68 Henry Street, Savannah, 

Corresponding Secretary of New Hampshire. 
Mrs. Nathaniel G. White, Lawrence, Mass. 

Corresponding Secretary of North Carolina, 
Mrs. William Calder, Wilmington. 



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Eligibility Lists 

OF THE 

Colonial State Societies. 



The Pennsylvania Society 

OF THE 

Colonial Dames of America, 

(INCORPORATED JUNE 13, 1891.) 



PROVINCIAL OFFICERS. 

Governor. 
Deputy Governor. 
Provincial Councillor. 
Secretary of the Province. 
Treasurer of the Province. 
Registrar-General. 
Surveyor-General, 1682-1 77S. 
Receiver-General and Secretary of the Land Office. 
Commissioners on Boundaries between Provinces. 
Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, 1682-1774. 
Keeper of the Great Seal. 
Master of the Rolls. 
Mayor of Philadelphia, 1691-1776. 
Commissioners and Commissary under the Dutch and 
Swedes. 



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FOUNDERS. 
Founder of the University of Pennsylvania, 1749, 
Founder of the Philadelphia Library, I731. 
Founder of the American Philosophical Society, 1743- 
Founder of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1752. 

ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS AND CQMMITTEES. 
Member of the Provincial Assembly. 
Member of the Provincial Conferences. 
Member of Conventions prior to July 4, 1776, 
Member of Congresses 1754 and 1765. 
Delegate to Committees of Correspondence and Safety, 
1772-1776. 
Member of Continental Congresses, 1774, 1775, 1776. 
Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
Member of Common Council, 1701-1776. 

JUDICIARY. 
Justice of the Supreme Court. 

Justice of the Peace and Courts who served three or more 
terms. 

Attorney-General. 

Judge Advocate. 

Judge of the Court of the Admiralty. 

MILITAR Y AND NA VAL. 

Member of the Board of War. 
Member of the Navy Board. 

Commissioned Officer of the regular Provincial or Colonial 
Military or Naval Forces. 



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No applicant shall be eligible under Revolutionary service 
alone, the United States having declared themselves free and 
independent states, July 4, 1776. 

Every applicant for membership claiming under Revolu- 
tionary ancestors who rendered services prior to July 4th, 
1776, must present with her application papers, as a part 
thereof, a statement, signed by herself, that the ancestor 
through whom she claims, did not adhere to the crown, 
during any part of the Revolutionary period. 

Applicants having ancestry in another State than Penn- 
sylvania, will be admitted into the Pennsylvania Society, 
upon the Eligibility List of such other Society. 



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riaryland Society 

OF THE 

Colonial Dames of America. 

(INCORPORATED DECEMBER 29, 1891.) 



PROVINCIAL OFEICERS. 

Lords Proprietary. 

Governor, 

Deputy Governor. 

Secretary of the Province. 

Treasurer of Eastern and Western Shores. 

Provincial Councillors. 

Keeper of the Great Seal. 

Surveyor General. 

Rectors of Parishes, 

Commissioners of Land Office. 

High Sheriffs. 

Commanders of Counties. 

Commissioners appointed by "Council of State" of Com- 
mon^j^alth of England, and Commissioners appointed by 
their authority for governing the Province. 

Commissioners on Boundaries between Prqvinces. 

Mayor of St. Mary's. 

Mayor of Annapolis. 

Collector of Customs. 



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ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS AND COMMITTEES. 
Members of Provincial Assembly. --^ 
Members of Congress 1754 and 1765- 
Members of Maryland Convention and Councils of Safety. 
Members of Committees of Correspondence. 
Members of Continental Congress, 1774-1776. 
Signers of the Declaration of Indpendence. 
Signers of Maryland Declaration of Indpendence, July 3, 
1776. 

JUDICIARY. 

Counsellor. 

Attorney-General,- 

Judge of the Court of Admiralty. 

Justices or Judges of Provincial Courts. 

Justices or Commissioners of the Peace. 

Register High Court of Chancery. 

MILITAR Y OR NA VAL. 

Commissioned Officers of the Regular Provincial or 
Colonial Military or Naval Forces. 

Commissioned Officers of the Continental Army, Navy 
or State, or Provincial troops during the War of the Rev- 
olution. 

Founders of King William's School. ^ 

Services rendered after July 5, 1776, not recognized except 
as supplementary. 

Applicants having ancestry in another State than Mary- 
land, will be admitted into the Maryland Society, upon the 
Eligibility List of such other Society. 



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New Jersey Society 

OF THE 

Colonial Dames of America. 

(INCORPORATED APRIL 7, 1892.) 



PROVINCIAL OFFICERS. 

Governors under the Swedes. 

Director-General under the Dutch. Vice-Director. 

Governors, Deputy-Governors, sometimes caUed Lieuten- 
ant-Governors. 

Kings or Governors' Council. 

Treasurers and Secretaries of the Province. 

Surveyor-General. 

Burgesses or Mayors of what were important settlements. 

Commissioners and Collectors of Customs. 

Receiver-General, Commissioner in Land Office. 

Commissioners on Boundaries between Provinces. . 

Commissioners to the Indians appointed by the Colonial 
Government. 

High Sheriffs. 

Missionaries from "The Society of the Propagation of 
the Gospel in Foreign Parts." 

Postmaster-General or Comptroller of P. O. 



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ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS AND COMMITTEES. 

Speaker, Clerk and Representatives to the General As- 
sembly. 

Members of Provincial Congress. 

Members of Continental Congress. 

Delegates to the Committees of Correspondence and 
Safety. 

Signers of Declaration of Independence. 

Proprietors of West and East Jersey who came to this 
country, viz : David Barclay, Arent Sonmans, William Penn, 
Thomas Rudyard, Samuel Groom, Thomas Hart, Clement 
Plumsted, Garven Laurie, Edward Byllynge, Robert Turner 
and Thomas Warne. 

Deputy-Secretary and Register for the Proprietors. 

JUDICIARY. 

Judges of the High Court of Chancery. 

Attorney-General. 

Chief Justices of Supreme Court (formerly called Court 
of Assize, and then Court of Common Right.) 

Associate Judges of the Supreme Court. 

Clerks and Registers of the Courts. 

Justices of the Peace (as in N.J. — they are members of 
the Supreme Court.) 

King's Attorneys, Judges of Court of Oyer and Terminer. 

Judges of Court of Common Pleas. 



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Surrogate or Probate Judge. 
Judge of the Admiralty Court. 



FO UNDERS. 

Charter Trustees of the College of New Jersey, 1746-1748 
(now Princeton.) 

Charter Trustees of Queen's College, 1766 (now Rutger's.) 

MILITARY AND NA V V. 

Commissioned Officers of the Regular, Colonial or Pro- 
vincial Military and Naval Forces. 

Members of the Board of War. 

Members of the Navy Board. 

Services rendered after July 5th, 1776, not recognized 
except as supplementary. 



Colonial Dames of America. 23 



The Colonial Dames 

OF THE 

State of Delaware. 

(incorporated may 10, 1892.) 



PROVINCIAL OFFICERS. 

Governor, Deputy-Governor, Provincial Councillors. 
Secretary of the Province, Treasurer of the Province. 
Registrar-General, Surveyor-General, 1682-1775- 
Receiver-General and Secretary of the Land Otfice. 
Commissioners on Boundaries between Provinces. 
Collector of the Port of New Castle, 1682-1774. 
Keeper of the Great Seal. 
Master of the Rolls, 1682-1777. 
Mayor until 1776. 

Commissioners and Commissaries under the Dutch and 
Swedes. Burgess. 

ASSEMBLIES, CONTENTIONS AND COMMITTEES. 

Members of Provincial Assemblies. 
Members of the Provincial Conferences. 
Conventions prior to March 5, 1777. 
Members of Congress, 1754 and 1765. 



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Delegates to Committees of Correspondence and of Safety 
1772-1777. 
Members of Supreme Executive Council March 5, 1777- 
Members of Continental Congress, 1774-1783. 
Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 
Members of Common Council, 1701-1777- 

JUDICIAR Y. 

Justices of the Supreme Court. 

Justices of the Peace and Courts who served three or 
more terms. 
Attorney-General, Judge Advocate. 
Judge of the Court of Admiralty. 
Judge of the Probate Court. 
High Sheriflf, Sheriff or Marshal. 
Recorder or Register of Wills. 

MILITAR Y AND NA VAL. 

Members of the Board of War. 

Members of the Navy Board. 

Commissioned Officers of the Continental Army, Navy 
or State, or Provincial Troops. 

Commissioned Officers of the Regular Provincial or Colo- 
nial Military or Naval Forces. 

Revolutionary service alone, without service strictly Colo- 
nial will not render descendants eligible to membership. 



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The Society of the Colonial Dames of America 

IN THE 

District of Columbia, 

(INCORPORATED MAT 20, 1893.) 



Governors. 

Lieutenant-Governors. 
Founders of Colonies. 
Directors-General. 
Lords Proprietary. 
Presidents- 
Commissioners. 
Vice-Directors. 

Members of the King's Council. 
Members of the General Court. 
Burgesses. 

Delegates and Representatives. 

Members of the Upper or Lower House of the Legislative 
bodies or Assemblies of any of the Colonies. 

JUDICIAR Y. 

Judges, Recorders-General, or Secretaries of State. 

Attorneys-General, Treasurer's General. 

Receivers of Royal Revenues. 

Escheators-General. Disbursers of funds of Colonies. 



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Royal Naval Officers. 

Ambassadors to the Crown. 

High Sheriffs. 

Colonels of Counties, Lieutenants of Counties, Surveyor's 
General. 

Founders of Colonial Colleges now existing. 

Members of Congresses prior to 1783. 

Commissioned Officers of the Regular, Provincial or 
Colonial Military forces, or Continental Army, Navy or 
State troops. 

Members of Committees for Defence and Correspondence. 



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The Society of the Colonial Dames of America 



State of Virginia. 

(INCORPORATED OCTOBER 19, 1892.) 



1. The Historic Fouuders (i6c6-l6l6) of the first English 
Colony at Jamestown. 

hicorporators named in the Royal Charter for Virginia of 
April 10, i606; May 23, 1609 and March 12, 1612, 

All Officials in Virginia prior to the arrival of Sir George 
Yeardly, on April 29, (N. S.) I619, with the '"Great Charter 
or Commission of privileges, orders and laws" for the Colony. 

2. The recognized Historic Founders of any of the original 
New England Colonies, or of the "King's Province," or of any 
of the American Colonies or Provinces as constituted in 
1775, including those who were especially named in Colonial 
or Provincial Charters from the Crown or Parliament of 
England of a latter date than 1616. 

3. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Deputy-Gov- 
ernor in Virginia. The President and Members of the 
Council of State cr Upper House. The Speaker and Mem- 
bers of the House of Burgesses or Lower House. 

The Secretary of State. The Treasurer-General. The 



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Attorney-General. The Auditor. The Lieutenant of the 
County and Chief Commander of His Majesty's forces in 
said County. 

4. The Judges of the Superior Courts of Law and Equity. 

5. The Commissioned Ot^kers of Virginia forces who 
actually served a campaign in any of the Colonial Wars. 

6. The Commissary of the Bishop of London in Virginia. 
The Trustees of William and Mary's College, designated 

in the Royal Charter of 1693, who resided in America, and 
the Presidents and Rectors of that College. 

7. Members of the Revolutionary Conventions of 1774- 
1776. Members of the Committee of Safety, 1775-1776. 
Members of the Continental Congresses of 1774, 1775 and 
1 776. 

Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

8. Colonists and Officials in other Colonies and States of 
equivalent rank, with those considered eligible in Virginia. 



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Requirements for Admission to the Society of Colonial Dames 

IN THE 

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation. 

(INSTITUTED ANNO DOMINI, 1893.) 



1. Roger Williams, the recognized founder of the State of 
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 

2. Founders of the historic charter colonies, viz: Provi- 
dence, 1636, Portsmouth, 1638, Newport, I639, and War- 
wick, I6J.2. 

3. Those named in the Royal Charter granted by King 
Charles U; in I663. 

4. Purchasers of The Narragansett county, later called 
"The King's Province," I659. 

5. Judges of Aquidneck, March I638 to March I640. 

6. Elders of Aquidneck, March I639 to March I64O. 

7. Presidents, Governors and Deputy Governors of the 
above named Colonies or Province; Commissioners and 
Agents to foreign countries. 

8. Speakers of the House of Deputies serving not less 
than one elective term, and commissioners to the General 
Court of elections before Nov. 25th, I663, and Assistants or 
Deputies serving not less than two elective terms. 



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9. Delegates to Colonial Conventions. 

10. Judges of the "General Court of Trials," and its 
Successor, the "Superior Court of Judicature, Court of 
Assize and General Goal Delivery." which latter was created 
in 1729. 

Judgesof the "Court of Equity," 174I — 1743- 
Judge of Admiralty Courts. 
Attorneys-General and Kings Attorne}S. 
General Recorders, Recorders, and Secretaries of the 
Colony. 
General Treasurers. 

11. Commissioned Officers of the Navy, Field, Army of 
Observation, and Militia of these Colonies before July 4th, 
1776, who served honorably. 

12. Incorporators of Brown University, 1764. 

13. Signers of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 
1776. 

No service supported merely by tradition shall be received. 

No person is eligibte to membership in this Society unless 
she be a resident of the State of Rhode Island at the time of 
her application, or in case of a resident of a non-Colonial 
state, or unless she be descended from one or more Rhode 
Island ancestors. 

In the case of residents in the non-Colonial states wish- 
ing, by reason of Rhode Island ancestry, to enter this Society, 
when personally unknown to its members, the Directors may 
claim such proofs of the applicant's -worthiness as they 
shall deem sufficient. 



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Applicants residing in Rhode Island, but having ancestry 
in another state, will be admitted into the Rhode Island 
Society through the eligibility list of such state. 

No service of an ancestor shall be deemed as qualifying 
service for admission in this Society where such ancestor 
failed to maintain an honorable record. 



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The riassachusetts Society 

OF THE 

Colonial Dames of America. 

(INCORPORATED APRIL 13, 1893.) 



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1. The recognized Historic Founders of Plymouth Planta- 
tion, and the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, including those 
who were especially named in Colonial or Provincial Char- 
ters or Patents. 

2. Governors, Deputy or Lieutenant-Governors, Assistants 
or Councillors, Treasurers and Receivers-General. Speakers 
of the House, who served not less than two sessions in such 
capacity. Deputies or Representatives to the General Court, 
who served not less than three elective terms; 

Commissioners of the Confederacy and Agents of the 
Colonies abroad. 

3- Judges of the County Courts. Judges of Military 
Court or Commission. 

Judges of Superior Courts of Judicature and Public Jus- 
tice. Judges of the Courts of Admiralty. Judges of Pro- 
bate in each County appointed by the Governor and Coun- 
cil. Judges of Court of Common Pleas. Attorneys-Gen- 
eral and Solicitors-General. Secretaries of the Colony. 

4. Commissioned Officers of the Regular, Colonial or 
Provincial Military forces, who served honorably, or who 
died in active service during any of the wars waged against 
Indian tribes or foreign nations, prior to the year 1775, 



Colonial Dames of America. 33 

provided that, in case of a regular officer of the British 
Army, he shall have served in America in one of such wars, 
and subsequently become a resident in this Colony. 

5. Commissioners and Delegates to the Provincial General 
Congresses of 1754. 1765. 

Commissioners on Boundaries between Provinces. The 
Founders and Presidents of Harvard College, and Treasurers 
and Fellows prior to 1707. ^Ministers of Parishes who were 
active in founding or forwarding the interests of the Colo- 
nies prior to 1675- 

OFFICERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD. 

Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

Members of the Continental Congresses, 1774,1775,1776. 

Members of the Provincial Congresses of 1775, 1776. 

Commissioned Officers of the Continental Army or Navy 
of the Colony who actually served as officers in the War of 
the Revolution. Agents or Ministers from the United Colo- 
nies to foreign countries. 

Members are requested to add to their record any services 
rendered by their ancestors from 1775 to 1783. 

Revolutionary services add distinction to a Colonial 
record. 

One line of ancestry is sufTicient for entry to the Society, 
supplemental claims being registered later. 

Applicants having" ancestry in another state than Massa- 
chusetts will be admitted into the Massachusetts Society on 
eligibility list of such state. 



34 The National Societv 



Society of Colonial Dames 

OF THE 

State of New York. 

(INCORPORATED AI'RIL 39, 1893.) 
I 

DUTCH PERIOD. 

Director-General of the Province of Nieuw Netherland. 

Vice-Directors of Fort Orange and of the South River 
Colony. 

Members of the Council of the Director-General. 

Members of the Representative Bodies of Nieuw Nether- 
land, known as "The Twelve Men," "The Eight Men" and 
"The Nine Men." 

Members of the Provincial Conventions. ' 

Patroons of Niew Netherland. 

Burgcmeisters of Nieuw Amsterdam. 

Schout-Fiscaal. 

Acting Commissioners of Indian Affairs, as Magistrates 
of Fort Orange. 

Commissioners of Boundaries, and of Treaties with other 
Colonies. 

Commissioned Officers of Troops, under Dutch Colonial 
Rule. 

ENGLISH PERIOD. 

Governor. 

Lieutenant-Governor. 

Chief Justice of the Province. 



Colonial Dames of America. 35 



Members of the Governor's Conncil. 

Secretary of the Province. 

Deputy-Secretary. 

Justices of the Supreme Court. 

Judge of the Court of Admiralty. 

Chancellor, 

Master of the Rolls. 

Attorney-General. 

Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. 

High Sheriff. ^ 

Speaker of the Provincial Assembly. 

Members of the Assembly who served two or more years. 

Members of the Colonial Congresses of 1722, 1754 and 
1765. 

Commander of the Forces of the Province. 

Commissioned Officers of the Militia of the Province. 

Commissioners appointed to treat with other Colonies. 

Commissioners of Indian Affairs prior to I776. 

Receiver-General of the Province. 

Surveyor-General of the Lands. 

Surveyor of the King's Woods, Chief magistrates of the 
Islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, I664 to I691. 

Mayor and Recorder of Albany, prior to I776. 

Mayor and Recorder of New York prior to 1776. 

Lords of Manors. 

President of King's College. 



36 The National Society 

AMERICAN PERIOD. 

Members of the Continental Congresses of 1774, 1775 and 
1776. 

Members of Committees of Safety, prior to July 4, 1776. 

Members of the Provincial Congresses of 1775 and 1776. 

Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

No service of an ancertor shall be deemed as qualifying 
service in this Society where such ancestor, from whom the 
descent is derived, adhered to, or took protection from, the 
enemy during the War of the Revolution, or who failed to 
maintain an honorable record. 

One line of ancestry is sufficient for entry to the Society, 
supplemental claims being registered later. 

Applicants having ancestry in another State than New 
York will be admitted into the New York' Society on the 
eligibility of such other society. 

it is requested that members immediately after their 
admission to the Society, shall add to their entry claims, 
supplementary papers, stating in full, any further Colonial 
services rendered by their other ancestors, as also, services 
rendered from 1776 to 1783 — a Revolutionary Record add- 
ing distinction to previous Colonial services. 



Colonial Dames of America. 37 



The Society of the Colonial Dames of America 

IN THE 

State of South Carolina. 

(incorporated NOVEMBER 16, 1893.) 

PROVINCIAL OFFICES. 

Lord Proprietary. Landgraves and Proprietary. 

Governors and Royal Governor, Deputy or Lieutenant 
Governor. Members of the King's Council, Members of 
Governor's Council. Treasurer and Secretary of the Pro- 
vince. Commissioners and Collectors of Customs. Com- 
missioners of Land Offices, on Boundaries, to the Indians. 
Commissary of the Bishop of London. Missionaries from 
"The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign 
Parts.'' Pastors of the French Protestant Churches. Re- 
ceiver-General and Provost Marshal. 

ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS AND COMMITTEES. 

Speaker, Clerk and Representatives of the General Assem- 
bly. Members of the Provincial and Continental Congress. 
Members of Councils of Safety and Correspondence. 
Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Citizens 
exiled to St. Augustine by the British. 



38 The National Society 

JUDICIARY. 

Chief Justice. Judges of Supreme Courts of Law and 
Equity. Attorney-General. Judges of Provincial Courts. 

Military and Navy, prior to 1776. 

Commissioned Oflkers of the Regular Continental and 
Provincial Military and Naval Forces. 

Patrons to Arts, Science, Learning and Agriculture, whose 
efficient services to the Colony were publicly acknowledged. 

Founders of the Charleston Library, 1748. 

Founders of South Caroline Society, 1737- 



Colonial Dames of America. 39 



Connecticut Society 

OF THE 

Colonial Dames of America. 

(incorporated DECEMBER 18, 1893.) 



The recognized Historic Founders of the Colonies of 
Connecticut and New Haven. 

Corporators named in the Charter of Charles 11. 

Trustees named in the Act of 1701, establishing" a colle- 
giate school (Yale College) also the President and Fellows 
named in the New Charter. 1745. 

Governors, Deputy-Governors. Colonial Secretaries. 
Colonial Treasurers. 

Marshals of the General Court or High Sheriffs. 

Magistrates. Assistants or Members of the Upper House 
of the General Court, who served not less than three years. 

Speakers of the Lower House. Clerks of the Lower 
House. 

Members of the Lower House of the General Court, who 
served not less than ten years. Service not necessarily con- 
secutive. 

Judges of the Superior and County Courts. 

Ministers of Parishes who were active in founding or 
forwarding the interests of the Colony prior to 1675. 



40 The National Society 

Preachers of Election Sermons down to the year 1776. 

Chaplains appointed by the General Assembly. 

Commissioners of the United Colonies 

Commissioners for the adjustment of Colonial Boundaries. 

Commissioners appointed to the Congresses of 1754, 1765, 
1774. 

Commissioned Otficers of the Colonial Military or Naval 
forces to 1662. 

From 1662 to July 4th, 1776, Commissioned Officers 
above the rank of Lieutenant. 

REVOLUTION. 

Members of Colonial Congresses from 1775 to 1783. 
Agents or Ministers from the United Colonies to foreign 
countries. Members of the Council of Safety. 

Commissioned Officers of the Continental Army or Navy, 
or in the Military or Naval forces of the Colony. 

Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

Members of the Committee of the Pay table. 

Revolutionary service alone, without service strictly Colo- 
nial, will not render descendants eligible to membership. 

One line of ancestry is sufficient for entry to the Society, 
supplemental claims being registered later. 

Applicants having ancestry in another State than Con- 
necticut, will be admitted into the Connecticut Society on 
the Eligibility List of such State. 



Colonial Dames of America. 41 



The Georgia Society 

OF THK 

Colonial Dames of America. 

(INCORPORATED JANUARY 24. 1804.) 



PROVINCIAL OFFICERS. 

Governors, Lieutenant-Governors. 

Members of the Governor's Council. 

Surveyors-General of the Customs. 

Surveyors-General of Lands. 

Secretaries and Registers of Grants. Receivers-General. 

King's Treasurers. 

Proprietors of the Province of Georgia, who came to this 
country with General Oglethorpe. 

Missionaries from "The Society of the Propagation of the 
Gospel in Foreign Parts." 

Postmaster-General or Comptroller of P. O. 

Commissioners on Boundaries between Provinces. 

Commissioners to the Indians appointed by Colonial 
Government. 

ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS AND COMMITTEES. 

Speakers of the Provincial Assembly, 

Members of the Assembly who served two years. - 



42 The National Society 



Members of the Provincial Congresses, 1722, 1754, 1759, 
.1776. 

Members of the Committee of Safety. 

Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

Members of the Continental Congresses, 1774, 1775, 1776. 

Delegates to the Committee of Correspondence and Safety. 

JUDICIARY. 

Chief Justices of the Province of Georgia. 

Justices of the Supreme Court, 

Attorneys-General. Judges of the Court or Admiralty. 

Presiding Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. 

Clerks of the Crown and Pleas. 

Masters in Chancery. Registers in Chancery. 

FOUNDERS. 

Founders of Academies or Colleges in Georgia. 

MILITAR Y A^D NA VY. 

Commissioned Officers in the Province of Georgia. 

Naval Officers. 

All Revolutionary services rendered by Colonial ancestor, 
or by descendants of Colonial ancestors prior to I783, may 
be added under supplementary details. No applicant is 
eligible under Revolutionary record alone. 



Colonial Dames of America. 43 



Colonial Dames 

OF THE 

State of New Hampshire. 

(incorporated march 8, 1894.) 



V Recognized Historic Founders of the Colony of New 
Hampshire. 

Corporators named in the Charter of Charles 11. 

Governors under the English. Governors. Deputy- 
Governors, sometimes called Lieutenant-Governors. 

King's or Governor's Council. 

Treasurers and Secretaries of the Province. 

Manager. General. Marshals of the General Court or 
High Sheriffs. 

Commissioners and Collectors of Customs. 

Receiver-General. Commissioners in Land Office. 

Commissioners on Boundaries between Provinces. 

Commissioners to the Indians appointed by Colonial 
Government. 

Members of the Council of Safety. Magistrates. 

Members of the Committee of the Pay-Table 

Preachers of Election Sermons and settled Clergymen, 
who rendered distinguished service in New Hampshire prior 
to 1750. 



44 The National Society 

Speaker, Clerk and Representatives to the General As- 
sembly. 

Members of Provincial Congress. 

Members of Continental Congress. 

Delegates to the Committees of Correspondence and 
Safety. 

Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 

Judges of the High Court of Chancery. 

Attorney-General. Chief Justices of Supreme Court 
(formerly called Court of Sessions, and then Court of Com- 
mon Right.) 

Associate Judges of the Supreme Court. 

Clerks and Registers of the Courts. 

King's Attorneys. Judges of Court of Oyer and Ter- 
miner. 

Judges of Court of Common Pleas. 

Surrogate or Probate Judge. 

Judge of the Admiralty Court. 

Charter Trustees of the College of Dartmouth. 
\ Commissioned Officers of the Regular, Colonial or Pro- 
vincial Military and Naval forces. 

Members of the Board of War. 

Members of the Navy Board. 

All Revolutionary services rendered by Colonial ancestors, 
or by descendants of Colonial ancestors, prior to I783, may 
be added under supplementary details. No applicant is 
eligible under Revolutionary record alone. 



Colonial Dames of America. 45 



North Carolina Society 

OF THE 

Colonial Dames of America, 

(INCORPORATED MARCH 24, 1894.) 



Lords Proprietors. Landgraves and Proprietary and 
Royal Governors. 

Deputies and Lieutenant Governors. 

Members of the King's Council. 

Members of the House of Burgess or Assembly. 

Members of the Governor's Council. 

Treasurers and Secretary of the Provinces. 

Commissioners of the Provinces. 

Commissary of the Bishop of London. 

Receiver-General. Surveyor-General. Collector and 
Commissioner of Gusto ns. 

High SherilTs. 

ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS AND COMMITTEES. 

Speaker, Clerks and Representatives of General Assem- 
blies. 
Members of Provincial and Continental Congress. 
Members of Councils of Safety and Correspondence. 
Signers of Declaration of Independence. 
Signers of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence . 



46 The National Socip:ty 



Members of Provincial Congress from 1774 to 1776. 
Members of Continental Congress from 1 774 to 1776. 

JUDICIAR Y. 

Chief Justice. Attorney-General. 

Solicitor-General. Judges of Provincial and Colonial 
Courts. 

Justice of Peace. 

FOUNDERS. 

Founders of Towns, Colleges or Institutions, which have 
survived and developed into importance. 

MILITAR y AND NA VY. 

Commissioned Officers of the Regular Colonial or Pro- 
vincial Military or Naval forces. 

Revolutionary service alone will not render a candidate 
eligible to membership ; but such services can be added as 
supplementary if so desired. 



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